The mechanism of inactivation of a 50-pS envelope anion channel during chloroplast protein import

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3156-3162

  Van Den Wijngaard, Paul W J ^a   Dabney Smith, Carole ^b   Bruce, Barry D ^b   Vredenberg, Wim J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032763188     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77146-8     Document Type: Article

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